Can't wait to hear her rip out her first original! That reminds me.... I ought to get a move on with my own stuff...
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Can't wait to hear her rip out her first original! That reminds me.... I ought to get a move on with my own stuff...
What are you dicking round at bro? I haven't even heard any of it yet. I'm actually beginning to doubt you can even play:^)Quote:
Originally Posted by keloooe
Just wait Bargey, I put that project to the side to work on other stuff, but I'll get back to writing ASAP after I finish composing some music for a project that will lead onto next year.... I'll send off some quick samples one day, this little album I'm working on is filled with some stuff that is actually quite personal to me, and I want to get this dead perfect!
well if you want to get it "dead perfect" you need to let your muso buddies offer some construct input bro.Quote:
Originally Posted by keloooe
Carvings looking good Nige , like shape too also result the scales correct .Look forward to seeing what you do with her. What's the plan for colours and finish
great looking carves Barge, I just caught up with the Pest and Barge show !
Haha yeah Wokks you missed out on the Wokks Barge Show!
Yeah it worked out pretty well Wokks. I used an angle grinder with a flap wheel, it's a bloody good way of getting a lot of meat off quickly.Quote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
Did a bit more refinement this morning, it's a bit easier to see what's going on with the carve in the daylight.
Will need further fine tuning to get all the lines perfect but we're off to a good start.
I like where its going Barge, some very sexy curves and shapes !
Damn that is cool Barge!
nice shapes Nige, this is a much better effort than the last one, looks killer mate
You watch Crimson Guitars do the carving with an angle grinder eh? I thought it was a pretty cool idea. I'd like to do a carve on my next build on the lower horn for more upper fret access (especially if it's a 21 fretter).
Cool stuff!
Yeah man, Crimson Guitars, you got it. The one bit of advice I would give is use a very light hand and keep the grinder moving (that was two bits of advice...doh.) Ash is probably a little bit more forgiving but I reckon if you were carving Basswood it would be like a hot knife through butter, it wouldn't be hard to overdo it and really stuff things up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nickosaurus
wow you used a grinder Barge, I could imagine how easy it rips off the wood ! Think I'd end up slicing the horn clean off !
Nah I reckon you'd be alright, you've got the skills bro:-)Quote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
Here's the body all masked up pre-sandblast...
Ooooohhhh so you ARE going sandblast? This will be interesting.....
Yeah man.Quote:
Originally Posted by keloooe
I thought the sand may have penetrated a bit deeper than it did but it sort of just hit a certain level and didn't seem to go much further, maybe due to the tightness of the grain.
Having said that it's definitely left a really cool effect and popped the grain beautifully, the pictures don't really do it justice but I think once the black goes on and then sanded back it will really pop.
And then on with a liberal coating of DragonHawk tribal black tattoo ink...none more black.
Took the ink back and was pleasantly surprised.
Very nice Barge!
Cheers Pest.Quote:
Originally Posted by keloooe
Red ink over top of the black.
Nige
Love the shape and colour .What was your experience using the flap wheel ,I was thinking of using one to remove some clear finish but worried it might not be good for flat surfaces ,What do you reckon. It's hard to see on pics but sand blasting looks to of accented the grain beautifully. Nice Guitar Nige .I look forward to hearing the next track .What pickups you going to use bro .
Good luck you sound like your really enjoying this build.
Kimball
Damn the finish is coming out nice already! Isn't 100% as what you showed in the photos but I personally like it!
Yeah as far as taking a finish off I wouldn't recommend it Kim, you're gonna get gouges (especially on a flat surface) and it would be more trouble than it's worth sanding them out. if the body isn't bound did you ever consider paint remover? I used some on my Blacktop LP and it pulled it off a treat, you've just got to be careful because it can eat your binding.
I'm gonna have to go with the standard pups for now because I'm poorer than a homeless person hehehe
Barge, the stock pups are still quite nice, I've gigged with my Strat (albeit small gig) and the stock pups held up nicely!
There was only one ash body in those pics and that had beautiful big wide grain so unfortunately I had to make do with what I was given.Quote:
Originally Posted by keloooe
Obviously a tight grain just isn't going to take the black and give a contrast like something with big open pores.
I may even do another black coat yet and see what happens. Cheers bro.
Yeah man, all the demos I've heard they sound pretty damn good, they'll do the trick for now anyway;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by keloooe
Sounds like I should write and record a song with it to show you how nice they are bro, even ask Gav!Quote:
Originally Posted by bargeloobs
Don't just talk about it sonny boy, off you go;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by keloooe
I may or may not have something that I literally just mucked around with on bass....
Sounds like you may or may not have just written the greatest song in the world:PQuote:
Originally Posted by keloooe
Went lightly over the body with a bit of soapy water on some cotton balls and managed to get the figure to pop quite a bit more. Looks lovely:-)
Hey Barge it has binding so paint removers a no no lol
Note the "May or may not" :DQuote:
Originally Posted by bargeloobs
The sandblasting looks like it went better than I originally thought, the axe looks nicely aged by the pics! Might need some more red if you want that really deep blood looking red though Barge, other than that it's a sweet finish so far!
this is moving along well, the shape looks great
Bargey, that's looking great!
Thanks @Fretty,Stan
So I manage to score myself a second hand orbital sander of Ebay the other day and the only thing I'm asking myself is why didn't I get one of these from the very first build? I just saved myself literally days of sanding.
Went over the back & sides with the orbital (180 grit), smooth out a few more lines then threw on some sealer. I'll sand that off with some 320 and it should be ready for some masking tape. I've got an antique white nitro on the way which I'll use for the binding then over the whole body with satin nitro clear.
A few more...
looking the goods Barge well done.
Wow you didn't own an orbital ? it was one of the first power tools I got, would have arms bigger than Popeye if I didn't own one !
Edit its a Ryobi orbital, I've been through two of them in the last 12 months, the motor just dies, hope you don't have the same problem
Yeah well cheers for letting me know 5 builds in;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
haha I assumed you would have one Barge with all the amount of shaping you have done.
Bugger I got to head off to an early footy game soon, won't have time to continue the Barge/Woks show